Glory 39 Brussels: Featherweight Tournament Announced

GLORY kickboxing announces the participants of a featherweight contender tournament.

A four-man one night contest features on the program at Glory 39 Brussels. In the main event Cedric Doumbe (65, 39 KOs – 4 – 1) of France is fighting Yoann Kongolo (64, 46 KOs – 8) of Switzerland in defense of his welterweight title. The upcoming bout is their third encounter. Previously, in both fights, Swiss athlete earned a unanimous decision over his French vis-a-vis.

The first on the list is Serhiy Adamchuk (33, 16 KOs – 7) from Ukraine. He is a former promotion’s featherweight champion who currently holds rank No. 2. Adamchuk goes up against Anvar Boynazarov (79-20-2, 45 KO) out of Uzbekistan. The latter holds rank No. 8. The pair will battle out in the first semi-final of the tournament.

The second semi-final will see Thai Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao (152, 34-2, 25 KO). “The Professor” faces off a newcomer, Russian Alexei Ulyanov (21-2-1, 7 KO). The winner of the tournament will square off with the No.1 contender, Dutch Robin van Roosmalen for the vacant featherweight title later this year.

In addition, the release advises about the change in the co-main event. Due to “precautionary medical reasons” Jahfarr Wilnis of Netherlands had to pull out from the bout against Jamal “The Goliath” Ben Saddik (31-5, 26 KO). Instead, the Moroccan fighter will take on Guto Inocente (33-7, 17 KO) of Brazil.

Parviz Iskenderov is a Muay Thai fighter from Perth, Australia. He is a former National champion of Belarus, and also a finalist of IFMA European Cup. He is an editor and journalist at FIGHTMAG. Iskenderov is also the World Kickboxing Network (WKN) international coordinator for Australia.

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